Built for Debate Excellence
A comprehensive platform designed to streamline congressional debate preparation for high school students.
How We Got Here
From problem identification to solution implementation
The Challenge We Faced
Manual formatting, inconsistent submissions, and endless email chains were slowing down our debate preparation.
Our Innovative Approach
We built an intelligent platform that automates the tedious parts while enhancing the creative process.
Transforming Debate Teams
Now teams can focus on crafting compelling arguments instead of wrestling with formatting requirements.
Our Mission
DiagonalDebate eliminates the friction of back-and-forth edits, lost formatting, and inconsistent standards by offering an automated legislation checker and submission workflow.
Team Collaboration
Standardize processes across your entire debate team
Quality Assurance
Ensure every submission meets professional standards
Efficiency
Save time with automated checks and formatting
Platform Features
Tools designed specifically for congressional debate preparation
Built by a Debater
Created by a member of the Rock Ridge debate team who understood the challenges firsthand
DiagonalDebate was created as an internal tool for the team to standardize the process of writing and submitting congressional debate legislation. Traditionally, debaters relied on Google Forms, email threads, and manually formatted documents that often contained errors or inconsistencies.
Our platform replaces that chaotic workflow with a centralized website where students can input their legislation, receive automated feedback based on template adherence and clarity, and submit finalized PDFs directly to captains.
The platform also includes educational resources (lessons) and a contention idea bank to help students develop stronger arguments and learn effective bill writing. It is designed for ease of use, integrates modern UI/UX principles, and incorporates AI and automation to improve the quality and efficiency of the legislative process.